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Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post:

"Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."

By Katie Akin• July 10, 2018

Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Campaign finance disclosures showed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took part in a “massive money laundering and election fraud” scheme.

By Loreben Tuquero• October 3, 2023

Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “just threw the whole Ukraine money laundering operation under the bus … by stating he’s received less than half of the over $177 billion in aid sent by the United States.”

By Caleb McCullough• February 5, 2025

Viral image stated on April 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Ukraine is the “money laundering and child sex trafficking capital of the world!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 12, 2022

New Jersey Republican State Committee stated on November 03, 2011 in a political advertisement:

"Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. It’s just another day at the office for Vin Gopal."

By Caryn Shinske• November 4, 2011

Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in an email:

"As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton laundered money to Bill Clinton through Laureate Education, while Bill Clinton was an honorary chairman of the group."

By Joseph Cariz, Lauren Carroll• July 1, 2016

Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election."

By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024

Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."

By Becky Bowers• November 23, 2011

Roger Stone stated on September 28, 2018 in a Facebook post:

As mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker "stole $600,000 from a city water authority and laundered it through his law firm."

By Daniel Funke• October 14, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 05, 2020 in a video:

The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”

By Daniel Funke• August 13, 2020

Viral image stated on February 18, 2018 in on the Internet:

In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.

By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2018

Paul Manafort stated on August 14, 2016 in an interview on "State of the Union":

In Hillary Clinton's tax returns, "you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well."

By Linda Qiu• August 14, 2016

Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.

By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022

Instagram posts stated on November 17, 2022 in a post:

“Joe Biden is being investigated for human trafficking and is guilty.”

By Andy Nguyen• November 22, 2022

Terry McAuliffe stated on October 15, 2015 in an executive order.:

"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows."

By Sean Gorman• November 2, 2015

Julián Castro stated on March 08, 2016 in Hillary Clinton campaign news release:

"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."

By Filipa Ioannou• April 30, 2016

X posts stated on March 16, 2021 in in a tweet:

“Black Lives Matter of Atlanta Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Allegedly Using almost 500k in Donations For Personal Use.”

By Bill McCarthy• March 19, 2021

Donald Trump stated on October 30, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."

By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2017

Ben Carson stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union":

Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."

By Joshua Gillin• August 23, 2015

Louie Gohmert stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.:

Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013

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